Botswana: Skills Shortage Threaten Investment Drive

Gaborone — Botswana’s plans to attract foreign investment and transform its economy are being undermined by a growing shortage of critical skills, a challenge that government now considers one of the biggest obstacles to national development.

This was said by the Ministry of Higher Education permanent secretary, Professor Richard Tabulawa, during a courtesy call paid on the Minister, Mr Prince Maele by the Indian High Commissioner to Botswana, Mr Bharath Kumar Kuthati in Gaborone on Monday.

“The…